Catalog Search Results
61) Evil
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Swedish
Description
Swedish filmmaker Mikael Hafstrom directs the coming-of-age drama Ondskan (Evil), based on the autobiographical novel by Jan Guillou.
62) Combat Girls
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Deutsch
Description
This searing coming-of-age teen drama follows two suburban girls – from vastly different backgrounds – who both become ensnared in the Neo-Nazi youth movement. Twenty-year-old Marisa is a hardcore believer, a semi-skinhead whose body is adorned with Nazi tattoos. Fourteen-year-old Svenja is a sheltered, spoiled, straight-A student who becomes fascinated with the group because of her Neo-Nazi boyfriend. They begin as adversaries, but soon become...
63) The Swan
Publisher
Synergetic Distribution
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Icelandic
Description
In contemporary rural Iceland, a wayward 9-year old girl, Sól, is sent to distant countryside relatives for a summer to work and to mature. Nature seems endless there, the animals soulful but the people harsh. All except the mysterious farmhand Jón, who – as Sól herself – likes words better than people. But the farmers’ daughter Ásta has a claim on Jón as well, and soon Sól becomes entangled in a drama she hardly can grasp. This summer...
Publisher
Wolfe Video
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
An exquisite coming-of-age movie with a perfect cast, HENRY GAMBLE'S BIRTHDAY PARTY unfolds over the course of one very eventful day in the life of 17-year-old preacher’s kid Henry (played by newcomer Cole Doman in a tremendous performance). At Henry’s afternoon birthday pool party the guests include an assortment of grown-ups from the family church, as well as Henry’s secular and religious teen friends — including the closeted young Logan,...
65) Sun Children
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Persian
Description
Official Oscar Entry for Iran, SUN CHILDREN is the story of 12-year-old ALI and his three friends. Together they work hard to survive and support their families, doing small jobs in a garage and committing petty crimes to make fast money. In a turn of events that seems miraculous, Ali is entrusted to find a hidden treasure underground. He recruits his gang, but first, to gain access to the tunnel, the children must enroll at the Sun School, a charitable...
66) White Girl
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Summer, New York City. A college girl falls hard for a guy she just met. After a night of partying goes wrong, she goes to wild extremes to get him back. Starring Morgan Saylor (*Homeland*). Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize - Dramatic at the **Sundance Film Festival**. Winner of the "Directors to Watch" award at the **Palm Springs International Film Festival**. *"WHITE GIRL is the powerful feature debut of a filmmaker with original vision and clear...
67) Bouyancy
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Thai
Description
This story of a Cambodian teenager sold into forced labor on a Thai fishing boat is a passionate testimony against social injustice and a moving coming-of-age tale about a boy whose humanity is put to the test. Spirited 14-year-old Chakra works the rice fields with his family. He yearns for independence and seeks out a local broker who can get him paid work in a Thai factory. Without telling his family, Chakra travels to Bangkok to make his fortune....
68) From Nowhere
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Three undocumented teenagers are just about to graduate high school in the Bronx. But unlike the everyday problems of New York adolescents, these three live with the threat of being discovered by the authorities and deported. When one of their teachers connects them with a lawyer to help them get their papers, the teens start to dig into their family histories to assist their immigration cases. Winner of the Audience Award for Narrative Spotlight...
69) Moss
Publisher
Breaking Glass Pictures
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In this coming-of-age tale set in the American South, Moss is an isolated and troubled young man who embarks, on his eighteenth birthday, on an unexpected adventure never to be forgotten. For Moss, whose mother died while delivering him, the day means freedom, especially from his father, whom Moss believes resents him for his very existence. However, it will take more than this milestone day to set him free. During a chance encounter with a woman...
70) Teen Spirit
Publisher
Bleecker Street
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Violet (Elle Fanning) is a shy teenager who dreams of escaping her small town and pursuing her passion to sing. With the help of an unlikely mentor, she enters a local singing competition that will test her integrity, talent and ambition. Driven by a pop-fueled soundtrack, TEEN SPIRIT is a visceral and stylish spin on the Cinderella story. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival** and **SXSW Film Festival**. "*"Teen Spirit,"...
71) Haze
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures LLC
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Nick Forest, a college freshman, wants nothing more than to join a fraternity. However, in the wake of a brutal hazing death on campus, his estranged older brother, Pete, is rallying against the Greek system. Nick ignores Pete's protests and rushes Psi Theta Epsilon, notorious for its rumored hazing practices. As Nick begins the pledging process, he relishes the bonding and the partying. A modern retelling of the ancient Greek myth of Dionysus --...
72) Girl Flu
Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Bird (Jade Pettyjohn) is mature for her age, a thoughtful sixth grader who dreams of doing the grocery shopping so that all food groups are represented but whose emotional wisdom starts to slip when her body begins to develop. After her first period arrives in an embarrassingly public way, Bird turns to her single mother (Katee Sackhoff, *Battlestar Galactica*) for guidance; however, her mom is a flighty stoner who finds this milestone...
73) Firecrackers
Publisher
Good Deed Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Lou and her best friend Chantal plan to get out of their isolated, run-down town and move to a city far, far away. When Chantal’s unstable and possessive ex violates her during a night of partying, the girls decide to exact their revenge on him through a night of vandalism and debauchery. The consequences of their actions are devastating, threatening the girls’ chances of ever leaving. The more Lou fights tooth-and-nail to save her friendship...
74) Funny Ha Ha
Publisher
Factory 25
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Critically-acclaimed by ***The New York Times*** and ***Film Comment*** as one of the best films of 2005, Andrew Bujalski's debut feature film, FUNNY HA HA, is true U.S. independent filmmaking at its best. When you graduate college, you easily sashy into the world of adulthood, start a career, and get serious, right? Wrong. Marnie has left college, but not her drinking habits or her bad taste in men. What's more, Marnie can't seem to find a permanent...
75) Solace
Publisher
Gravitas
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A 17 year-old orphan is shipped off to her estranged grandmother and she plots her escape while navigating a foreign environment, new friendships and a hidden eating disorder. Winner of Best Narrative Feature at the **New Orleans Film Festival**. Winner of Best Enssemble Cast at the **Los Angeles Film Festival**.
76) Wyrm
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In a mid-90s alternate reality, WYRM, a lonely, dinosaur-obsessed youth, struggles to complete his level one sexuality requirement (kissing) and risks being held back and enduring a lifetime of embarrassment.
77) Fig Tree
Publisher
Menemsha Films
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
עברית
Description
Mina is 16 years old. The Ethiopian Civil War has been underway her entire life. She lives with her brother and grandmother in a humble house with newsprint for wallpaper. Her family is Jewish and is planning to flee Ethiopia for Israel, where Mina's mother awaits their reunion. But this plan leaves out the person Mina loves most: Eli, her Christian boyfriend, who lives in the woods so as to evade being drafted into Mengistu Haile Mariam's army. Mina...
78) Inbetween Girl
Publisher
Utopia
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
After being blindsided by her parents' sudden divorce, 16-year-old artistic, sardonic Angie Chen turns to secret hookups with popular jock Liam behind the back of his adored social media influencer girlfriend Sheryl. As Angie contends with her parents' divorce and her secret fling with Liam, she comes to discover what she wants and who she wants to be.
Publisher
Giant Interactive
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A dreamlike portrait of adolescence unfolds over one hot, hazy summer, as two young brothers must come to terms with a friend's mysterious death. Official Selection at the **Berlin International Film Festival**. Nominated for Best Narrative at the **Tribeca Film Festival**. *"Traces of classic coming-of-age dramas such as Stand by Me and River's Edge are evoked in this lyrical and low-key reflection on sudden mortality and childhood's end." - Steve...
80) Ham on Rye
Publisher
Factory 25
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
HAM ON RYE, a coming-of-age comedy centered on the nervous excitement of youth and the strange horror of entering adulthood uses an expansive ensemble of over one hundred performers, including non-actors, musicians, 90's Nickelodeon child stars, and more, to explore a suburban community’s relationship with a prom-like ritual and the decay of the human spirit. It begins with the crowd-pleasing spirit of a John Hughes movie and fades slowly into an...
In MnLINK
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Plum Creek Library System can be requested from other MnLINK libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.